Doubts are growing over the Government’s ability to find a buyer for a 30pc stake in Royal Mail. More: continued here
Read More »Stamps continue GreenZone blitz (OurSports Central)
Members of the Calgary Stampeders will be back in local schools this week as part of the GreenZone Sustainability Blitz Speaker Series. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Fakes Devalue the Craft of Tomb Robbing (Slashdot)
James McP writes “According to an article on Archaeology, fake artifacts being sold on eBay have caused the bottom to drop out of the low-end artifact market. This outcome is exactly opposite to what archeologists feared would happen when eBay came on the scene. A side effect of more and …
Read More »eBay Saves Historic Treasures By Selling Fakes (InformationWeek)
An anthropologist says eBay has made it more profitable for tomb raiders to create fake artifacts than to pilfer burial sites or other archeological digs. More: continued here
Read More »Minister defends Royal Mail sell-off (Epolitix via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The government’s plans for the future of Royal Mail are “comprehensive” and the most convincing option, the postal services minister has said. More: continued here
Read More »Vintage Boys Shirt Collects $9400… Selling on eBay – WebWire (press release)
Vintage Boys Shirt Collects $9400… Selling on eBayWebWire (press release), GAA Vintage Native American (Boys) Shirt recently drew a virtual crowd before collecting its final eBay selling price of $9498. In the end over 600 visitors clicked to take a closer look at the extraordinary historical shirt, with 7 (collectively) …Ebay …
Read More »City Attorney takes on post office – San Francisco Chronicle
City Attorney takes on post officeSan Francisco Chronicle, USA – Mike KepkaHerrera had threatened to file the lawsuit weeks ago, sending a letter to the US Attorney's Office to announce his intentions. He said he got a 7-page letter from the post office in response, which amounted to seven pages of "pretty …
Read More »Phone line snapped (The Fort Morgan Times)
Utility crews repair a Qwest communication line that snapped when hit by the top of a FedEx truck about 4 p.m. Monday near the 400 block of Balsam Street in Fort Morgan. More: continued here
Read More »Brown set for bruising vote as he refuses to halt sell-off of … – This is London
Brown set for bruising vote as he refuses to halt sell-off of …This is London, UK – Joe MurphyGordon Brown today ruled out a U-turn on the Royal Mail – despite growing fears that a Labour split could damage his authority. The Cabinet this morning backed the principle that a chunk of the …
Read More »Names of food stamp suspects kept quiet – Dickinson Press
Names of food stamp suspects kept quietDickinson Press, ND – James MacPhersonStore video shows a man in line behind Schweitzer pocketing the billfold before paying for a case of bottled water with a food stamp swipe card. Jamestown Detective Sgt. LeRoy Gross believed the March theft would be a simple case to solve …
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